Videogamer writes: "Snowboarding used to be all the rage in video games. Cool Boarders on the original PlayStation and 1080 on the N64 were both must own titles for their respective platforms, and later SSX proved that people couldn't get enough of insane jumps and ridiculous tricks. Then, along came Amped to show that a sim approach could work and the third game in the series made for a solid Xbox 360 launch title. Now a good few years into this console generation, with developers getting to grips with the power at their disposal, a snowboarding game should offer the very best kind of extreme sports entertainment. Ubisoft Montreal's Shaun White tries hard but in the end falls foul of a few rather unfortunate design decisions.
Although Shaun White's Snowboarding attempts to offer something in the way of a story, the game's really about you boarding down four massive mountains (Alaska, Park City Utah, Europe and Japan), taking part in events, collecting items for Shaun and playing with friends. Instead of giving you events in traditional video game fashion, this is more or less the GTA of the snowboarding genre, with each mountain free to explore, and events accessed by boarding up to them. With plenty of events to tackle, and coins to collect that unlock new moves, the set-up is great. Soon enough, though, things start to get rather frustrating."
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Once again Deshonda has done it again. Wonderful Article. All we want is to get the kids up and moving. Oh yea and have some fun!
How about kids just go outside and play sports?
I love video games, but that sort of activity should be limited especially for young children. They need to learn good habits....
if i ever have kids im going to make sure they hit the gym with me and train every day and sign up for defense
hows that for heathly excercise, thier bonus is getting fit and maturity compared to what i seen in kids these days -_-
Love it, i'm a big fan of dance games since they're perfect for the whole family and get everyone sweaty :D great article!!
Was hoping for the next snowboarding revolution, will just have to stick to SSX 3 I guess, and im perfectly ok with that for now. Maybe ill give Shaun White a rent after I read a few more reviews
"Then, along came Amped to show that a sim approach could work and the third game in the series made for a solid Xbox 360 launch title."
Amped 3 was one of the worst snowboarding games ever made. (Though amped 1 and 2 were great) As soon as I read this it was apparent that this review wasn't worth much. I still have high hopes for this game, guess time will tell as more reviews come out and we get a chance to play it.
1080 is the best snowboarding game ever
runner up: Cool Boarders 3
looks like Shaun White talked trash when he said it's the best extreme sports game ever :-)
back to EA's skate
It'd be sweet if the Skate team branched out to snowboarding. What's their team name again? I think it's either EA Redwood or EA Blackbox.